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> CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS>> to a special issue of Journal of Religious History entitled 'Lay> Devotion and the Urban Setting in Early Modern Europe'.>> This is a call for contributors of articles to a special issue of the> Journal of Religious History. The issue is to be dedicated to the> theme of the elusive yet vital relationship between the devotional> practices of the European laity and the urban context of such lay

for "Form and Persuasion in Women's Informal Letters, 1400-1700," acollection of essays to be published as a book.

Essays are sought on women's letters from any part of Europe EXCEPTEngland, France and Italy, which are already well represented. Essayson Spain, Germany and Central Europe are particularly needed. Essays onletters by French or English women may be considered if they come frommercantile, artisan, or other non-elite backgrounds.

Designed to complement The Early Modern Englishwoman: A FacsimileLibrary of Essential Works, this series presents both modernized andold-spelling editions of texts not only by women but also for and aboutwomen. The contents of a volume can range from a single text to ananthology, and editorial methodology is also flexible, the choicedepending on the subject and audience.

The Centre for Early Modern History, Culture and Sciencepublishes the journal "Zeitsprünge. Forschungen zur FrühenNeuzeit" (Verlag Vittorio Klostermann) and invites contributions.You will find informations about past issues of the journal on thewebsite of Verlag Vittorio Klostermann and within short time on ourwebsite.

Our current interests are apocalyptic thinking and apocalypticmovements, the history of secrets, the history of the senses, thetheory and history of perception.But we will also welcome otheressays relevant to the study of early modern history, culture andscience.

The Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies (JEMCS) seeks article-lengthcontributions for its inaugural issues. Scheduled to begin publication in2001, JEMCS welcomes scholarly work on the period from the late fifteenththrough the late nineteenth centuries, with a particular focus oncross-disciplinary studies of literature and the broader social formation.Feminist, queer/lesbian, postmodernist, postcolonial, and historicistmethodologies are encouraged. The author's name should appear only on adetachable cover sheet and not within the body of the article.Manuscripts will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed

The editors invite submissions to our calls for papers for eachissue of the journal (Winter, Spring, Fall). The Winter and Fallissues are on special-topics, while the Spring issue is open. Forcurrent calls for submissions with deadlines and directions forsubmitting, see the most recent issue of the journal or our websiteat www.duke.edu/~jmems/jmems.